The price of weddings and honeymoons are high for many couples, so some are turning to crowdfunding websites for assistance.

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SAN DIEGO, Calif. - Weddings and honeymoons can often be expensive, and now more couples are turning to crowdfunding websites to help pay for them.

North County residents Noah Breeze and Janica Smith are getting married Friday in front of 75 of their closest family and friends.

"The whole soulmate idea, it actually exists," Breeze said.

The couple's wedding costs about $13,000, far less than the average of $30,000.

However, for Breeze and Smith, money has still been a big issue.

In need of some extra help, the couple turned to the popular website GoFundMe.com.

"The GoFundMe has been huge," Breeze said. "We were not expecting anything close to what we were asking."

There are hundreds of couples on GoFundMe asking for support for their wedding bliss. Some were asking for a few hundred dollars, while others were asking for several thousand.

Breeze and Smith have raised nearly $700 of their $1,000 goal. For Breeze, that was the perfect amount.

"I think there's a point where you can get a little too carried away," Breeze said.

A spokesperson for the San Diego-based company told our sister station, KGTV, that when it comes to weddings and honeymoons there are 1,533 active campaigns right now with more than 16,300 donors willing to pitch in.

"Being able to see such generosity from complete strangers, it just gives me faith that there are still a lot of really good people out there, that they want to see people be happy," Breeze said.

GoFundMe launched in 2010 in San Diego. Currently, there are more than 4 million users and more than $300 million have been raised through the website.

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